(A)
One morning, I was waiting at the bus stop, worried about being late for school. There were many people (1) ______ (wait) at the bus stop, and some of them looked very anxious and disappointed. When the bus finally came, we all hurried on board. I got a place next to the window, (2) ______ I had a good view of the sidewalk. A boy on a bike (27) ______ (catch) my attention. He (3) ______ (ride) beside the bus and waving his arms. I heard a passenger behind me shouting to the driver, but he refused to stop (4) ______ we reached the next stop. Still, the boy kept riding. He was carrying something over his shoulder and shouting. Finally, when we came to the next stop, the boy ran up to the door of the bus. I heard (5) ______ excited conversation. Then the driver stood up and asked, “Did anyone lose a suitcase at the last stop?” A woman on the bus shouted, “Oh, dear! It’s (6) ______”. She pushed her way to the driver and took the suitcase thankfully. Everyone on the bus began talking about (7) ______ the boy had done, and the crowd of strangers suddenly became friendly to one another.
(B)
Cold weather can be hard on pets, just like it can be hard on people. Sometimes owners forget that their cats are just as used to the warm shelter as they are. Some owners will leave their animals outside for a long period of time, thinking that all animals are used to (8) ______ (live) outdoors. This (9) ______ put their pets in danger of serious illness. There are things you can do to keep your animal warm and safe.
Keep your pets inside as much as you can when the weather is bad. If you have to take them out, (10) ______ (stay) outside with them. When you’re cold enough to go inside, they probably are too. If you must leave them outside for a long time, make sure they have a warm, solid shelter against the wind, thick bedding, and plenty of non-frozen water.
If (11) _____ (leave) alone outside, dogs and cats can be very smart in their search for warm shelter. They can dig into snow banks or hide somewhere. Watch them closely (12) ______ they are left outdoors, and provide them with shelter of good quality. Keep an eye (13) ______ your pet’s water. Sometimes owners don’t realize that a water bowl has frozen and their pet can’t get anything (14) ______ (drink). Animals that don’t have clean and unfrozen water may drink dirty water outside, (15) ______ may contain something unhealthy for them.
C
The interest in studying abroad, particularly in ESL,is on the rise around the world as students seek to obtain (16)_______ university degree to advance their job opportunities. (17)______ students need to decide if studying abroad will help them reach their goals.
First, try to determine whether studying abroad will really help you in your future(18)_______if going overseas is just a fashion or right of passage for citizens in your country. Ask people who have studied overseas if the experience (19)______(help) them educationally and financially in the long run. Second, consider (20)______impact studying abroad will have on your family. Will(21)______be a financial burden to study overseas? What are your family's expectations for you once you return to your country? Third, think about whether you really are flexible and open-minded enough (22)_______(endure) the challenges of adjusting to a foreign culture. If you feel comfortable with your answers to these questions, then you should proceed and look into studying abroad(23)______more detail.
D
Dr．Petrels gives his patients good medical advice．But he doesn’t just tell his patients what to do．He also sings to them(24)_______ television！Dr．Petrels has his own TV show．The show is in Italian, English and French．The doctor(25)_______(start) the show with a song and then gives medical advice．He explains a medical problem(31) ________ disease in simple language．After that, he sings another song． Dr．Petrels produces and performs in his own show every week．The program is very popular with his patients and with people who enjoy his singing．His dream is(26)_______(perform)in Las Vegas．His favorite songs are love songs, and he has a compact disk of love songs (27)_______he wrote．Dr．Petrels says, “I always love to sing．All my problems are gone when I sing．”But when Dr．Petrels was young, his father didn’t want him to be a singer, so he went to medical school． Some people tell Dr．Petrels he (28)_________ help people more as a doctor．But Dr．Petrels says he helps people(29)_________he sings, too．“I like to make people smile．Sometimes it’s difficult to make a sick person smile．Medicine and entertainment(娱乐)both try to do (30)_______same thing．They try to make people feel good．”
1. 有人演讲的时候低声说话是不礼貌的。（It）
2. 士兵夺走了这个家里所有值钱的东西。（rob）
3. 手机使我们能快速联系到我们的朋友和家人。（contact）
4. 杰克无法解释自己昨天犯的的愚蠢错误.(account)
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5. 在女主人死后，这只可怜的小狗好像已经意识到再也没有人喂它了。（aware）
6. 我们应该密切关注空气质量。(attention)
7. 她考试前非常紧张，整夜都没睡好。 (so…that)
8. 我们应该把课堂中学到的东西用于实践中。(apply)
9. 新建的游乐场要到明年春天才会向游人开放。 (until)
10. 在西方国家，如果交谈时缺乏眼神交流会被看作是不礼貌的行为。 (lack of)
11. 学生应该经常参加户外活动，不要总是待在教室里做作业。 (instead of)
12. 年轻人喜欢赶时髦。（follow）
13. 我父母有一周的春节假。（have…off）
14. 名人对学生的生活影响很大。（influence）
15. 与外国人用英语交谈，你会觉得很有趣。（fun）
16. 许多漫画不仅让人们娱乐，而且也提供了精神食粮。(…not only…）
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What’s the frightening situation you can think of? For many people, it’s being shut somewhere they (31)____ not get out of.
That’s exactly (32)____happened to an American tourist who said, “it feels good to be free” after he was locked inside a London bookstore for two hours.
David Willis had been using the Internet inside the Waterstones store in Trafalgar Square, London, UK （33）____ he found that he had been shut inside, according to Sky News. He tried （34）____(get) out but failed, and it was only after posting messages on Twitter, a social network, that he （35）____( release).
After he had spoken to the police but still not been released, he posted: “Hi Waterstones, I（36）____(lock) inside of your Trafalgar Square bookstore for two hours now. Please let me out.”
It got the attention of thousands of Internet users. The police arrived at（37）____ store, and they finally let him out just after 11 pm on Thursday.
After he was released, he posted another,（38） ____(simple) message: “I’m free.”
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Google has begun testing the electric car in Mountain View, California. The car does not have all the normal car controls. Instead, it has a smartphone app that calls it and tells （39）_____the destination, and a STOP button between the two seats in case the passengers need to override the computer.
The company’s co-founder, Sergey Brin, says that they want to change the world for people (40)_____ do not find it easy to travel around. The cars have been built specially by a company in Detroit. Google will now test the cars, (41)______ are not yet for sale.
There need to be detailed scans of the roads before the cars can drive on them, (42)______ they cannot collect and process enough information in real time.
Chris Urmson, director of the driverless car project at Google, said: “The cars will be very basic. But they will take you (43)______ you want to go at the push of a button. And, that’s an important step towards (44)______(improve) road safety and helping millions of people travel around more easily.”
So far, the driverless cars have driven 700,000 miles without an accident caused by the computer. The company says that thousands of people die each year on the roads and that about 80% of crashes are caused (45)______ human mistakes.
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82. We should pay close attention to the air quality.
83. She was so tense before the examinations that she couldn’t sleep well the whole night. 84. We should apply what we have learned in the classroom to practice.
85. The newly built amusement park will not be open to the public until next spring.
86. In Western countries, lack of eye contact when communicating with each other is considered to be bad manners. 87. Students should regularly take part in outdoor activities instead of doing exercises in the classroom all the time.
65. Young people enjoy/like following trends.
66. Famous people/Celebrities have a great(er) influence on/influence students’ life. 67. Both teachers and students have three weeks off school for the Spring Festival. 68. You can have a lot of fun chatting in English with foreigners. You can/will find it a lot fun chatting…
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I．Translation （共15分）
1. 有人演讲的时候低声说话是不礼貌的。（It）
It is not polite to whisper when someone is delivering a speech. 2. 士兵夺走了这个家里所有值钱的东西。（rob）
The soldiers robbed the family of everything valuable. 3.手机使我们能快速联系到我们的朋友和家人。（contact）
Mobile phones enable us to get in contact with our friends and family quickly. 4. 杰克无法解释自己昨天犯的的愚蠢错误.(account)
Jack could not account for his foolish mistake made yesterday.
5.在女主人死后，这只可怜的小狗好像已经意识到再也没有人喂它了。（aware）
The poor dog seemed area that nobody was going to feed him after the death of his hostess.
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